Thomson offers taster cruise

Thomson is offering a one-night taster cruise from Newcastle to Harwich, which it hopes will encourage more customers to give cruising a try.

The 16-hour trip, which costs from £99 including meals and a return coach transfer, departs Tyneside on August 2 and arrives in Essex on August 3, passing Tynemouth, Seaham, Whitby, Flamborough Head, Humber, California, Southwold and Felixstowe en route.

Thomson Cruises managing director Fraser Ellacott said: "For those customers that have thought about a cruise holiday, but are not quite sure what to expect, our one-night taster cruise gives Brits the opportunity to experience a cruise, right from their doorstep."

A Thomson spokeswoman said Thomson was offering the one-night cruise as it needed to reposition the Spirit from Newcastle to Harwich. It did the same in 2009, when it last operated out of both ports.

With permission from Travelmole